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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcn.

GRANT M. WVADSlVORTH, OF SUGAR GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,189, dated November 27, 188?.

Application filed May 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GRANT lvLWa swoR'rn, of Sugar Grove, in the county of WVarrcn and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Fence, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The, invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

First, I arrange two bars, a, to cross each other diagonally at 1), near the top, with athin plate, 0, of metal, between and nailed to them. Then near the lower ends, but at a suitable dis tance above for protection from the ground, I nail on a cross-tie, d, arranging the bars won the opposite sides of said cross-tie c7; \Vith these diagonals a, I then connect two vertical uprights, c, placing them a sufficient distance apart along tie d for lapping two stringers, f, side by side between them, and I nail them to the cross-tie cl and to the diagonals a, arranging said uprights c on the opposite sides of the tie d and the diagonals a, and nailing them at the upper end through plate 0, thus making a substantial construction, the parts of which, and also the weight, are equally distributed and balanced on both sides of the structure, and on the feet of the diagonals a, so that they are strongly stayed and bound together. The lower stringers f are notched ontothe crosstie d, and the upper stringers f are suitably boxed or notched on the plates 0, thus making a substantial holding for maintaining the up right position of the supports in the lengthwise directionof the fence. I propose to rest these uprights on stone feet. The stringers f may be used for the support of palings h, or

wires 1' maybe used in connection with them, 5

and when wires are used I propose to have them pass through one of the vertical uprights a, crossing from side to side of the fence between the uprights, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that with a suitable straining device to apply proper tension to the wires located at intervals of about five of the uprights along the fence the fence will be substantially bound by the zigzag course of the wires.

For the straining device I propose to have a roller, 7', pivoted between the upper and lower stringers f, through which roller the wires pass, so as to be strained by turning the roller with a lever, k, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The upright supports may also be used for making rail fence, either straight or zigzag.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In frames for supporting fence-rails, the combination, with two diagonal bars, a a, crossing at b, of the metallic plate 0, nailed to and between said bars and projecting above their junction to form a support for one end of a top rail, as described.

2. The combination, with two opposite railsupporting frames having the top plate, 0, and the bottom cross-tie, d, of the top and bottom stringers f f, notched to fit over said plates and cross-ties,whereby said frames are rigidly braced and cannot sag to or from each other.

3. The combination, with railsupporting frames having each two uprights, e e, and the middle roller, j, held between stringers f f, of wires 1', passing from the right-hand upright on one frame to a left-hand upright 011 an adjacent frame, and through the intermediate roller, 7', whereby said wires may be held with the proper tension, as described.

GRANT M. WVADSVVORTH.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. WVADswoRTH, J. B. LANGDON. 

